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5-Year + Outlook

The Colleyville Police Department is well positioned to take on the challenges over the next
five (5) years. 2020 has prepared us to deal with a global pandemic and peaceful protests in
the City of Colleyville – both things we have never experienced before. We will be better
prepared if we face these challenges again in the next several years. During the last two
years, we have worked hard to fill open positions, provide additional tools to our officers and
detectives, meet or exceed industry best practices, select the next cadre of departmental
leaders, positively engage with our community through many channels, and provide for the
well-being of our workforce.

Policing continues to change at break-neck speed. 2020 challenged many law enforcement
agencies around the country as most agencies found their Use of Force policies and
procedures inadequate as calls for police reform grew louder after the death of George Floyd.
Agencies, like ours, that had previously achieved law enforcement accreditation, found that
we had already implemented almost all of reforms that experts were recommending. We will
continue to assess our agency’s policies and procedures against national best practices. We
will continue to equip our team with the most up-to-date technology that will positively impact
their productivity and efficacy. We will also ensure they are equipped with tools, such as body-
worn and in-car cameras, to ensure accountability and transparency so that we maintain the
trust of our community. We will continue to invest in training on de-escalation, crisis
intervention, procedural justice, implicit bias, and officer safety and wellness, just to name a
few, to ensure our officers have the skills necessary for constitutional policing.

We will continue to be an intelligence led, data driven, and strategy focused agency. We will
continue to use technology to help us understand the trends and patterns of crimes in our
city and develop effective strategies to disrupt them. We will use this information to most
effectively deploy our resources. One of these new tools that will be procured over this time
period is a new Computer Aided Dispatch and Records Management System. This new system
will be state-of-the-art and will provide streamlined access to law enforcement and fire
department records, enhanced crime analysis tools, electronic case management, and
upgraded 911 and dispatch capability.

The demographics and culture of the Colleyville Police Department will significantly change
over the next five (5) years as well. Since mid-2018, we have hired more than a quarter of
our authorized sworn workforce to replace those who have retired or left the agency for one
reason or another. This means that we will have a much younger and less experienced
department in the near term. While these new employees will bring new positive energy and
enthusiasm, management will have to be strategic when developing policy and procedures
and providing training and career development. Leadership training and succession planning
will play a significant role in determining the sustainability of our success as an organization
going forward. To support this effort, the City Council approved additional funds for ongoing
leadership training for our personnel in the 2020 budget.

In closing, we will continue to be strategic in planning for the future and equipping our
employees with the knowledge, training and technology they need to do their job with
excellence. We will continue to uphold and live out our values of Integrity, Service and
Innovation as we proudly serve this great community.

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